CROSS COUNTRY

Oliver Leads Falcons to Sixth Place Finish at LR Invite on Saturday

October 23, 2010

NEWTON, N.C. – The Pfeiffer University men’s cross country finished sixth out of nine teams at the 2010 Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational held at Southside Park. Will Oliver again led the way for the Falcons finishing 30th overall with a time of 28:29.

Behind Oliver, freshman Cody Jones came in 39th just under 29 minutes at 28:58 while Greg Kielar and Cody Bivens finished 48th and 49th respectively. Kielar concluded four seconds better than Bivens at 29:47.

Zach Gray, Zack Allen and Grady Gaston rounded out team scores for Pfeiffer on Saturday with a 30:39, 31:26 and 33:41 as Gray finished 59th, Allen 64th and Gaston 72nd.

Next up for the Falcons will be the Conference Carolinas meet coming up on Friday, November 5th back at McAlpine Park in Charlotte.